AVR may refer to any of the following: 1. Short for Automatic Voltage Regulator, AVR is a hardware device used to maintain a voltage to electronic devices. 2. Short for Automatic Voice Recognition, AVR is the ability of a computer or other electronic device to identify and understand human voice. 3.
The plant is indigenous to South America and is said to originate from the area between southern Brazil and Paraguay; however, little is known about the origin of the domesticated pineapple (Pickersgill, 1976). M.S. Bertoni (1919) considered the ParanÃ¡âParaguay River drainages to be the place of origin of A. comosus.
When European (English) explorers discovered them they called them pineapples because of their resemblance to pine cones from conifer trees. The word pineapple in English was first recorded in 1398, when it was originally used to describe the reproductive organs of conifer trees (now termed pine cones).The term pine cone for the reproductive organ of conifer trees was first recorded in 1694.olumbus encountered the pineapple in 1493 on the Leeward island of Guadeloupe. He called it pina piÃ±a De, indes meaning pine of The, indians and brought it back with him To, europe thus making the pineapple the first bromeliad to leave The New. world